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Hey all, rather than make more work for the moderator team, why don't we try the following:

1) Report problematic posts as Heather outlined;
2) Flag.

Hmm

I will gladly do so. Thank you.

Jarek Khasad wrote:

Totally Not Gorbacz wrote:

Jarek Khasad wrote:

TwilightKnight wrote:

Jarek Khasad wrote:

With regard to to your union logo, was the communist symbolism really necessary?

Reeeeally gotta want to find something to complain about to come up with that one.

No, it’s just blatantly obvious.

I come from a country that endured 50 years of communism while your parents and grandparents were swimming in riches of capitalism, Westerner.

I see no obvious symbolism.

My parents and grandparents fought communism in the trenches and on the home front (in their union halls and on college campuses). I myself served at the tail end of the Soviet Union. It concerns me that with the fall of the Iron Curtain we didn’t so much destroy Marxism (including Socialism) as we let it infect the West. I would hope that as someone who had the misfortune to live through it, you would be more cognizant of its inroads to our culture.

Yeah sure but will you have to run a GoFundMe to cover your medical bills, because I won't.

I sympathize with your plight for what it’s worth.

I saw the YouTube interview with Jason Tondro and KC Owens and it does seem like good will is there on their part (although Owens being a former employee wouldn’t be directly involved). I do hope this works out for everyone involved. Being represented by a union and having grown up in a union town, all the stereotypes pro and con are true. I do hope both Paizo and it’s employees can navigate those minefields as the process moves forward.

I still think moving out of Its current city to a less expensive area would solve much of the cash flow problem and cost of living problem. What people pay for rent in those areas far exceed what we pay in mortgages elsewhere.

These coins are awesome, and they’re good quality. They’re a big hit with my friends and I around our table on Thursday nights. I ordered a couple packs and told the GM to hand them out to everyone as commemorative souvenirs once we’ve completed our first AP. I’d love to see a special edition with the Starfinder logo (I know - it’s a different game system) on the other side.

With regard to to your union logo, was the communist symbolism really necessary? Something more akin to the AFL-CIO or the Teamsters logos - but still Pathfinder/Starfinder-like - would have been far more appropriate. Maybe something incorporating the Open Road symbol instead of a tool harkening back to the hammer and sickle.

Jarek Khasad wrote:

The Battle Cards are really handy. Could we also get card sleeves for them? The third parties don’t seem to have any in that size.

I have found some good options, and would be happy to send you a link if you want.

That would be great. Thanks.

The Battle Cards are really handy. Could we also get card sleeves for them? The third parties don’t seem to have any in that size.

I want to try to get my area’s disparate groups together to play this at a location in-person, not online. What are the the requirements to make this happen? What are the minimum number of tables needed, and how many Novas must a GM have to run it?

I’m still hoping for the opportunity to somehow play the Interactives from this year and last year offline. We have several small groups here in Indiana that have been playing together in-person for the last year but don’t have the means or inclination for online gaming.

Request for Paizo:

Dear Paizo,

While I’m disappointed that you won’t be joining us at GenCon this year, I’m also a fan of personal choice. So I’m okay with your “personal” choice as an organization. That said, could you please loosen your rules on running the Starfinder and Pathfinder specials from this year and last, so that we can run them at our local hobby shops without the requirement for multiple tables? (This would also help address the concerns of some of those regarding having too many people together at once.) Asking for myself, my friends, and many fellow hobbyists. Speaking for myself, my computer is a dinosaur, Roll20 is a pain, and I do this hobby to be around people. As an added argument, playing in person allows us to meet people we otherwise wouldn’t have much in common with. In-person gaming allows people of different backgrounds and life paths to come together and have fun and experience the diversity that is one of your company’s core values.

Sincerely,
Jarek

As a volunteer for a corporate business, I understand that sometimes there must be an over-abundance of cation and risk avoidance.

As a Venture Agent, I'm deeply saddened by this news. BUt perhaps it's an opportunity to promote Family Time Games on the north side as part of Pop-Up Gencon.

As an Indianapolis local VA, I'm terribly disappointed that once again I will not be seeing Paizo friends from across the country and around the world. Handing out VO Dice in person will have to wait another year. This absolutely sucks.

On the personal side... As someone who nearly died from Covid back in March of 2020, I was REALLY looking forward to returning to a semblance of normalcy. Even if we had a fraction of the in-person games offered, I would have been willing to GM a VTT from the Sagamore. I'm still willing to do this, and I might just make a few phone calls and emails.

Hey, Rob, I like your idea of using Family Time Games, especially if we can run the Pathfinder and Starfinder specials from this year and last year. You would have at least four of us driving down from Lafayette, and likely more. P.S. Is there any chance of doing an in-person HoosierCon this fall?

My favorite time this past year was almost getting to TPK a party made entirely of operatives (they ultimately survived - with some creative solutions). I keep trying to warn them about the need for a good mix of skills and class abilities. Diversity matters.

Will this be offered at GenCon 2021?

Awesome. I look forward to purchasing these. As an aside, would it be possible for Paizo to offer hex bases for use in starship combat?

I do like the .pdf versions of the guides (I print and collect those in a binder), and anticipating the boons achieved at the end of a completed scenario is fun. But I’m willing to keep an open mind on this.

Excellent statement. I am still planning to run this AP and with everything going on in the world at this particular time, I feel it might be a good time to run it. Our real life world is changing and APs are fantasy agents of change. Seeing how a group of roleplayers interprets the story and adapts to it will be an interesting experience.

My home group falls along different points of the political spectrum. And we discuss and debate real world topics in a civil manner. And that’s because we’re friends and respect each other’s point of view. But when it’s time to start rolling dice, we put those discussions away and do what we came there to do: Have fun and escape the real world for a few hours.

I might suggest that with regard to the upcoming AP and people’s comments here about it that Paizo use it as an opportunity to portray law enforcement in the honorable way in which people would like to see them perform their duties rather than portraying them as evil or corrupt. In my view, only the hate-filled would have a problem with that concept. Besides, Paizo already has evil law enforcers - the Hell Knights.

Maybe “Survival” = Multiple TPKs?

The Beginner Boxes are awesome. They remind me of the boxed sets from TSR when I was a kid in the ‘80s, as well as the Endless Quest-style books from that era. Will there be a Chronicle Sheet for this item?

Yes, SFS #3-00 is only levels 1-8

Thanks for the confirmation.

Just to verify - the big special - 3-00 - this year is going to be levels 1 through 8 and not levels 1 through 12 like last year’s 2-00 Fate of the Scoured God? I just need to know in order to make sure I don’t level up my players’ characters beyond their ability to play. Thanks in advance.

In that case, I can see them make these arguments:
1) They have a situation where they are aware of the enemy. Prior to going into
combat, the operative uses the cloaking field, so that he can use the bonus on
his 1st round.
2) In subsequent rounds, he uses one round to shoot as a standard action and
activate the cloaking field as a move action. Then in the next round he takes the
+ 10 bonus for his trick attack.

I know this sounds like a lot of rules lawyering, but my players are adept at
exploiting rules that are not well-defined.

I’m trying to anticipate how my players will argue this, so here goes: The trick attack allows a move action. Therefore, the operative activates the cloaking field as his move action then makes his trick attack using the +10 cloaking field bonus to add to his trick attack roll. Rinse and repeat each round up to 10 rounds. Additionally, the attack doesn’t end the cloaking field, just that particular attempt to hide. And trick attacks don’t require the character to actively be using the associated skill. They’re simply using that skill to get the roll.

Does the +10 bonus a Ghost Operative gets from Cloaking Field apply to his roll for tricks attacks?